Last Updated: June 27, 2023, 15:42 IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n New York, United States of America (USA)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Meta has been working to monetize its messaging apps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Meta Platforms\u2019 WhatsApp Business application is now catering to more than 200 million users on its platform, a four-fold jump from about three years ago, chief Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n The increase in user base comes as Meta shifts focus to the development of business messaging, as an uncertain economy slows down its core advertising business.<\/p>\n Meta said it would shortly begin testing features that will help small businesses run ads that click to the messaging platform without the need for a Facebook account.<\/p>\n Small and medium businesses would be able to send personalized messages such as appointment reminders and updates on a holiday sale to their customers for a fee.<\/p>\n Meta has been working to monetize its messaging apps, WhatsApp and Messenger, as CEO Zuckerberg sees business messaging as the company\u2019s next pillar.<\/p>\n In related news,\u00a0 Meta Platforms on Monday launched Meta Quest+, a subscription-based service for its virtual reality (VR) headsets to shape a nascent but high-investment market.<\/p>\n Mark Zuckerberg, in a broadcast channel on social media app Instagram, said the Meta Quest+ subscription will be available from Monday at $7.99 per month, or $59.99 annually, for its Quest 2, Pro and soon for Quest 3.<\/p>\n Meta in March had cut the prices of its headsets as its bold bets on the metaverse failed to make a big splash.<\/p>\n The social media company\u2019s flagship VR headset Meta Quest Pro is currently priced at $999.99, down from its launch price of $1,499.99, and Quest 2 is being sold for $299.99, according to Meta\u2019s website.<\/p>\n (This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – Reuters<\/a>)<\/i> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] Last Updated: June 27, 2023, 15:42 IST New York, United States of America (USA) Meta has been working to monetize its messaging apps. Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp Business application is now catering to more than 200 million users on its platform, a fourfold jump from about three years ago, chief Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Meta](\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&width=510&height=356\" "\\"Meta"){kind=logo}
<\/figure>\nMeta Platforms’ WhatsApp Business application is now catering to more than 200 million users on its platform, a fourfold jump from about three years ago, chief Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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